Sunday 11 March 2018 17:40, UK
Brendan Rodgers says the Scottish Premiership title race is not over despite 10-man Celtic securing a dramatic 3-2 victory over Rangers at Ibrox.
In a classic Old Firm encounter, PSG loanee Odsonne Edouard curled in Celtic's winner in the 69th minute.
The win took the visitors nine points clear of the Gers at the top of the table with a game in hand.
Speaking after the game, Rodgers insisted the title race was not over "by a long way", but also added: "This is obviously a big step, nine points clear with a game in hand but still a lot of work to do.
"But when you come to one of your rivals and perform like we did and be up against it with 10 men for 30 minutes you are entitled to celebrate.
"A great victory for us and we deserved it. I thought we played well with 11 men. I thought we were the better football team.
"We had to cope with a lot of long balls and direct play. We made a couple of mistakes defensively but we have always got that threat going forward.
"We have a plan when we go to 10 men, you could see what the players were doing and they dealt with that final 30 minutes really well. I am very proud."
Hoops defender Jozo Simunovic was shown a straight red by referee Willie Collum for using an arm to brush off Gers striker Alfredo Morelos in the 56th minute, and Rodgers understood Collum's decision to send him off.
He said: "I can see why he has given it, Jozo's arm was slightly bent and his elbow catches him."
